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Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk,approximately 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of London, which has grown and become famous because of its connection with race horses and Thoroughbred horse racing at Newmarket Racecourse. Newmarket is famous for being home to Daniel Wing and Adam Grainger. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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The CB postcode area, also known as the Cambridge postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Cambridge, Ely, Haverhill, Newmarket and Saffron Walden in England. ...
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Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...
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Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
Thoroughbred horse racing in the United Kingdom is governed by the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (the HRA) which makes and enforces the rules, issues licences or permits to trainers and jockeys, and runs the races through their race course officials. ...
Newmarket Racecourse is located in Newmarket, England. ...
Racing Racing at Newmarket has been dated as far back as 1174, making it the earliest known racing venue of post-classical times. King James I (reigned 1603 - 1625) greatly increased the popularity of horse racing there, and King Charles I followed this by inaugurating the first cup race in 1634. In 1967 Queen Elizabeth II opened The National Stud, a breeding centre for thoroughbred horses. The town is also home to Tattersalls, the famous bloodstock auctioneers whose sales are attended by big names in the racing business. The town is home to the National Horseracing Museum and an Equine Centre for horse health. Events Vietnam is given the official name of Annam by China. ...
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Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
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The National Stud is an United Kingdom Thoroughbred horse breeding farm located two miles from Newmarket. ...
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The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ...
Tattersalls at Hyde Park Corner in 1842. ...
The National Horseracing Museum of the United Kingdom is located in Newmarket. ...
The town has special horse routes so the horses can reach the gallops safely and many training establishments occupied by top trainers. More than 2,500 race horses inhabit Newmarket.[1] By comparison, the human population is of the order of 15,000 and it is estimated that one in four jobs are connected to horseracing in one way or another. 'The gallops' is a hill overlooking the town and used as a training run to improve the horses' workload when training. This and the surrounding heath is chalk downland and has special birds and animals only suited to this terrain. It is also a very historical area with the remains of 6th century living to be found. This hill is part of the chalk formation the Newmarket Ridge. Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ...
The Needles,situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ...
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The Newmarket Ridge is a ridge of low chalk hills extending for over 20 miles, from Bishops Stortford in Essex to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, passing through the south-eastern corner of Cambridgeshire. ...
Most of the Newmarket-based racing stables are situated in the centre of the town, where they can easily access the gallops. Outside the town the land-use is dominated by thoroughbred breeding, studs occupying large areas in every direction. Around 70 licensed trainers and more than 60 stud farms operate in and around Newmarket.[2]Dalham Hall Stud (the headquarters of Darley), Cheveley Park Stud and Banstead Manor Stud (Headquarters of Juddmonte Farms) are well-known examples all which can be found in the village of Cheveley, three miles from Newmarket. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ...
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The village of Cheveley is situated in east Cambridgeshire, about four miles east-south-east of the market town of Newmarket. ...
The town has two race courses situated on Newmarket Heath, these are the Rowley Mile and the July Course. The two courses are separated by the Devil's Dyke. This large earthwork starts in neighbouring Woodditton (sometimes spelt as Wood Ditton) and ends in Reach, a distance of over 8 miles. Image File history File links Frankie in the Parade Ring at Newmarket for the 2000 Guineas 2005. ...
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Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori in the parade ring at Glorious Goodwood in August 2004 Frankie Dettori in the parade ring at Newmarket after riding in the 2000 Guineas 2005 Frankie Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970) is a thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. ...
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Reach is a small fen-edge village in East Cambridgeshire. ...
Transport Newmarket has a station on the Cambridge - Bury St. Edmunds - Ipswich rail line, formerly belonging to the Great Eastern Railway (later part of the LNER). Newmarket's first railway was a line opened in 1848, known as the Newmarket Railway, branching off the London - Cambridge main line at Great Chesterford and running about 15 miles in a north easterly direction, ending at an attractive terminus in Newmarket, and with intermediate stations at Bourn Bridge, Balsham Road and Six Mile Bottom. Just three years later the first nine miles or so of this line, the stretch from Great Chesterford to Six Mile Bottom, was superseded by a more viable section linking Six Mile Bottom directly with Cambridge, and so the Great Chesterford - Six Mile Bottom section closed in 1851, one of the earliest closures in British railway history (the former Bourn Bridge station is believed to have been partly incorporated into a public house just across the road from a station opened later on another line - Pampisford, on the now-closed Cambridge - Haverhill - Sudbury route). With the development of other lines the Newmarket terminus was replaced by the present through station. A short distance to the north east is the 1,100 yard Warren Hill tunnel. Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ...
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The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ...
The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...
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Pampisford is a pretty village among fine trees, south of Cambridge, on the A505 road near Sawston, Cambridgeshire. ...
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Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, 15 miles from Colchester and 60 miles from London. ...
Geography The area of Suffolk containing Newmarket is nearly an exclave, with only a narrow strip of territory linking it to the rest of the county. Historically the town was split with one parish - St Mary - in Suffolk, and the other - All Saints - in Cambridgeshire. The Local Government Act 1888 made the entirety of Newmarket urban sanitary district part of the administrative county of West Suffolk.[3] D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ...
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...
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West Suffolk was created along with East Suffolk in 1888 as an administrative county of England in its own right. ...
The 1972 Local Government Bill as originally proposed would have transferred the town (and Haverhill) to Cambridgeshire. The Local Government Commission for England had suggested in the 1960s that the border around Newmarket also be altered, in West Suffolk's favour. Newmarket Urban District Council supported the move to Cambridgeshire, but ultimately the government decided to withdraw this proposal and keep the existing boundary, despite intense lobbying from the UDC.[4] The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ...
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Miscellany - From 1808 to 1814 Newmarket hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth.
- According to "The Strange Laws of Old England" by historian and author Nigel Cawthorne, it was against the law to blow your nose in the street and 'a person or persons going about the street with a head cold or distemper' was liable to a fine. This law was introduced to protect not the Newmarket citizens but the vast racing stock.[5]
- Newmarket has an amateur football team called Newmarket Town, in recent time the club has had a successful FA Vase run, reaching the quarter finals in 2005/06.
The Head Office of the Holiday Property Bond is located in Newmarket. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ...
Twin towns Newmarket has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI): For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...
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References - ^ newmarketracecourses.co.uk, introductory page, accessed 16 September 2006.
- ^ newmarketracecourses.co.uk, introductory page, accessed 16 September 2006.
- ^ Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, volume 1
- ^ Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 6 July 1972, columns 1002-1005
- ^ The Strange Laws of Old England, Nigel Cawthorne ISBN 0749950366
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September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...
See also Lambourn is a small market town and civil parish in the northwestern corner of the ceremonial county of Berkshire in England. ...
Malton is a market town in North Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Derwent. ...
The Newmarket Sausage is one of a handful of traditional and unique cuisines from the town of Newmarket. ...
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